One of the key challenges facing automotive OEMs is to shorten the time-to-market for their infotainment solutions. TI has collaborated with XS Embedded (XSe) to build an automotive-ready reference platform, the AXSB, based on the “Jacinto 6” family of infotainment processors and the WiLink™ 8Q automotive connectivity solutions to drive rapid prototyping of advanced automotive features and accelerate time-to-market.
The AXSB equips automotive solutions providers with a comprehensive automotive-ready, single-DIN reference board complete with standard and extensible automotive to develop advanced automotive proof-of-concept demonstrations and to accelerate production projects. This AXSB platform allows a higher level of differentiation at the product-level without having to focus on the foundation level. Several automotive customers have already committed to this platform.
At the heart of the AXSB are two of TI’s latest generation automotive devices, the DRA74x “Jacinto 6”, a high performance automotive In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) processor, and the WiLink 8Q wireless connectivity solution providing a Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth® and GNSS automotive grade combo solution.
The DRA74x “Jacinto 6” processor was designed to drive the AXSB to enable optimized automotive capabilities by adding audio, radio and analytics accelerators, along with many flexible display and camera capabilities, automotive interfaces, peripherals and accelerators. Likewise, the WiLink™ 8Q provides multimedia streaming, hands free calling, A2DP stereo streaming and auto grade navigation solution to support many connected car experiences.
This Automotive-Ready Reference Board (AXSB) platform comes equipped with:
- TI DRA74x "Jacinto 6" in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) processor
- TI WiLink™ 8Q single chip Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth®, and GNSS automotive grade combo-connectivity solutions
- NXP Dirana3 Radio Tuner
- Renesas v850
- 1 DIN mechanics
- 8 Layer PCB
- Automotive Connectors
- Automotive Layout Rules
- Automotive-grade key components
- Automotive power-supply (motor start/stop)
- ESD protection for external interfaces
- Support for APIX2 and TI’s FPD-Link III
- HDMI output
In addition the AXSB can be extended with connector boards to support additional automotive use cases (e.g., Ethernet AVB module, Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) extension board, etc.)
As a first step, the AXSB is being offered along with an automotive ready Linux software development environment and Board Support Package (BSP) called the “SUPER BSP”. The “SUPER BSP” is based on Texas Instruments General Linux SDK (GLSDK) which enables key peripherals and accelerators on the “Jacinto 6” device.
Be sure to check out the next blog in this series on an upcoming Behind the Wheel post.